Lot 73
  • 73

Gerhard Richter

Estimate
1,400,000 - 1,800,000 USD
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Description

  • Gerhard Richter
  • Abstraktes Bild
  • signed, dated 1997 and numbered 842-2 on the reverse
  • oil on aluminum board

  • 39 1/8 x 35 1/2 in. 100 x 90.2 cm.

Provenance

Anthony d'Offay Gallery, London
Acquired by the present owner from the above

Exhibited

London, Anthony d'Offay Gallery, Gerhard Richter, September - October 1998, cat. no. 842-2, n.p., illustrated in color

Literature

Exh. Cat., London, Anthony d'Offay Gallery, Gerhard Richter 1998, with a Catalogue Raisonné of Paintings 1993 - 1998, 1998, cat. no. 842-2, n.p., illustrated in color
Exh. Cat., Düsseldorf, K20 Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen (and traveling), Gerhard Richter, (catalogue raisonné 1993 - 2004), cat. no. 842-2, illustrated in color

Condition

This work is in excellent condition. There is a very small loss to the top edge, located in the upper right corner 1 ¾ in. from the right corner and 2 very slight additional losses at 6 ¼ and 6 ¾ from the right corner on the top edge. There is a vertical linear scratch located 5 ½ in. from the bottom right corner and extending 3/8 in. up from the bottom edge. Under UV there are no apparent restorations. The painting is framed in a black wood strip frame with a float.
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